Cloudflare DDoS threat report 2022 Q3
Oct 12, 2022Omer Yoachimik

Summary
This post details the trends and insights from Cloudflare's Q3 2022 DDoS Threat Report. It highlights the increasing frequency and scale of multi-terabit DDoS attacks, including a 2.5 Tbps attack targeting a Minecraft server. The report breaks down trends in both application-layer (HTTP) and network-layer (L3/4) DDoS attacks, noting increases in attack volume, duration, and specific botnet activity (e.g., Mirai). It also provides industry and country-specific attack data, as well as insights into ransom DDoS attacks and the sources of attack traffic.
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